Frouta Ke Yaourti - Greek Fruit Salad

 Onions, tomatoes and green chillies - such a varied team, right?  Each of these vegetables have their own individual flavours and strengths. Too much of one or the other and your dish can turn really bad. But in the right measure, they make the perfect base for so many curries. It depends on the chef and his skills to know when to add more and what to add less of. Similarly, working in a team, we have so many different skills and strengths. If the manager doesn't recognise your skill set, then you end up feeling frustrated and the project will probably fail.  But in the right measure and with the right team members, you can turn out a dream project and get the recognition that is due.  

But we are not here to talk about work - though it is good to have an analogy and today's fruit salad is just a mix of different fruits - all with their own special qualities, coming together to create a dream dessert with the help of yoghurt. 

The original recipe used lemon rind but I happened to have oranges, so I used the rind of an orange - it reminded me of the lovely orange tree lined streets of Athens.

This dessert is healthy and tasty - healthy as there is no sugar and it is mostly fruit and if, like me, you are avoiding the temptations of the holiday season, then, it is perfect as a summer dessert.

Ingredients:

4 to 5 cups of fruit

I used strawberries, raspberries, blue berries, blackberries and mango

1/4 cup slivered almonds

1 cup Greek Yoghurt

3 tablespoons honey

1 and 1/2 tablespoons orange rind, grated (you can use lemon rind if you prefer)

mint leaf for garnish

Method:

 In a large bowl, mix all the fruit together along with almost all of the nuts, keeping a few aside for garnish.

Mix the yoghurt, honey and orange rind.

Place the fruit in a dessert bowl and add yoghurt sauce on top. Add a few extra nuts and a mint leaf for garnish.  Your fruit salad is ready to be served! It is as easy as that.